Porter Samuels

Porter Samuels (died 1863) was an officer of the United States Army during the American Civil War. He was murdered in 1863 by Japanese samurai loyal to the "Order to Expel the Barbarians" issued by Emperor Meiji alongside Riley Wheeldon.

Biography
Porter Samuels was an officer of the United States' Union Army during the American Civil War, and he was a veteran of many battles. Just as the civil war in America reached its ending, he was dispatched to Japan in 1863, where he waqs supposed to deliver Gatling Guns to the Tokugawa Shogunate and help with the training of the Shogun's armies. However, as one civil war ended, another started. The Emperor of Japan, Meiji, issued an order for the people to oust the "barbarians" and their technology, and some samurai loyal to the Order to Expel the Barbarians decided to kill Samuels and American merchant Riley Wheeldon. While they sat in a house together one night, they were ambushed by three members of the movement and cut down with katanas. Their deaths led to the British, American, and French bombardments of Japan from 1863 to 1864.